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Thought i'd start this thread to compile a list of easy to use, good quality free software - recommended by mse users.
Ill start,
Audacity - Audio editor and recorded
OpenOffice.org - Word, Databse, Excel (equivalent)- great if you dont have ms Office
Please add you recommendations
Edit: Thanks for the posts so far. However if we try and keep away from the 'protect you pc' (virus, firewall etc) as there are a number of theads about them already.
Ill start,
Audacity - Audio editor and recorded
OpenOffice.org - Word, Databse, Excel (equivalent)- great if you dont have ms Office
Please add you recommendations
Edit: Thanks for the posts so far. However if we try and keep away from the 'protect you pc' (virus, firewall etc) as there are a number of theads about them already.
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AVG Anti Virus Software
Ad Aware SE PersonalA banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.0 -
ccleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/
spybot search and destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
itunes- for free podcast which work on any mp3 player http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/
firefox http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/0 -
PDF995 - convert your documents to PDF (not useful for everyone, but I have found many uses) https://www.pdf995.com
Opera (OK, you pay to get rid of the ads) https://www.opera.com
X-lite for all your VOIP needs0 -
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irfanview - excellent free image viewer with resize, crop, effects options etc handles pretty much every file type and will even play video files now iirc
winamp - nice, reskinnable music / video player that allows you to add codecs and such
sygate personal firewall
filezilla - simple and effective ftp client
motherboard monitor 5 (mbm5) - excellent way of monitoring internal temps and fans etc
dBpowerAMP music converter - quick and easy way to convert between WAV, MP3 and AAC
Bysoft Network Monitor - used this when i switched to a capped broadband deal, i had no idea how much data i was transferring and so kept this open for a few days to get an idea!"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." (Mark Twain)0 -
I started a thread ages ago when I was looking for one of these - thanks.smcicr wrote:Bysoft Network Monitor - used this when i switched to a capped broadband deal, i had no idea how much data i was transferring and so kept this open for a few days to get an idea!
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My current crop are;
Hijack This - allows you to see whats running on your system or rather what should not be.
a2 - Free anti trojan remover
Clean Up - similar to CCleaner
RegCleaner - does what is says
Eraser - cleans away files so they cannot be retrieved0 -
Filzip, free alternative to Winzip and Winrar (7zip is also good, but I don't like the interface)
Deepburner, CD/DVD burner, the free version is great, and there's a pro version that gives extra features for good value
The GIMP, fully features image editing software
Winamp - Best media play imo, if you're looking for something a bit lighter try foobar20000 -
Good stuff so far :T
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http://wordweb.info/free/
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